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How to Achieve the object. The most appropriate time for such a political Association and its branches was to put forth its demands somewhat like those enumerated in items 2 and 3 above before the Indian Statutory Commission, and at the All-parties conference. But though that time is gone, the work can now be taken up in hand, for its need will remain as long as the Jain Community will live.
Those having the welfare of the community at heart can still do something by inviting a session of the All India Jain Association, issuing personal letters to sober Jain thinkers all over the country to attend that session, frame their demands in it somewhat like the above ones, and request the Viceroy to nominate two representatives of the Jain Community to press those demands. Many Co-workers and Sympathisers who are silent now owing to lack of organisation among the Jainas, are likely to help in such a noble work. This work may require some immediate efforts, but it will more tian repay the labours.
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It has been said above that safeguarding political rights and promulgation of Jain Scripture are the only two objects, by retaining which the All India Jain Association can maintain its genuine character of being representative of the three sects of the Jain Community. Hence the two separate Associations for both of them as stated above.
Now it will be briefly shown how propagation of religion and such other items in its programme as educational, social and economic reforms stard in the way of the Unity of the three sects and so they ought to be excluded from its propramme, if the Association is to be representative of th: sects.
1. Propagation of Jainism. Propagation of religion involves not only the preliminary function of promulgating the truths of religion, but it also Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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